Source: newsthemegh.com
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Director General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, revealed that the service had added more than 33,000 additional employees to its workforce.
Although the service has experienced some brain drain, he continued, its membership has not been impacted.
However, he added, “We have also instituted measures to ensure that in the next two years, we replace them through training programmes and recruitment.” “Yes, we have lost experienced hands and skilled staff, but we have also instituted measures to ensure that we replace them through training programmes and recruitment,” he said.
The service lost roughly 525 nurses to brain drain last year, according to Dr. Kuma-Aboagye, who made this disclosure during the Minister’s Press Briefing in Accra last Thursday. However, he added that the service has started to replace these numbers.
In addition, he noted that Ghana’s institutional maternal mortality had declined from 875 deaths in 2018 to 809 deaths in 2022. He also mentioned that newborn mortality, under-five mortality, and maternal mortality have all decreased significantly over time.
The public health emergency response system, according to Dr. Kuma-Aboagye, has improved in response to recent and recurrent outbreaks of Marburg, Lassa virus, and Yellow virus.
In order for them to respond promptly to emergencies and epidemics at all levels, he continued, “we have been able to establish e-surveillance, which allows us to collect and share information to about 70% of our points across the country.”